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UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT WATER RESOURCES Environment INTERVAL DE NOVO PROGRAMMING (IDNP) WATER DISTRIBUTION

Inexact de Novo programming for water resources systems planning

This study presents an interval de Novo programming (IDNP) approach for the design of optimal waterresources-
management systems under uncertainty. The model is derived by incorporating the existing
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Friday, January 2, 2009 - 00:00
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AGRICULTURAL PLANNING UNCERTAINTY WATER POLLUTION

Optimal decision schemes for agricultural water quality management planning with imprecise objective

Agricultural activities are the main sources of water pollution to surface water and groundwater in rural
areas. Extensive soil disturbance and application of fertilizer and manure in agriculture cause nonpoint
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Friday, January 2, 2009 - 00:00
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UNIVERSITIES RESEARCH PROGRAMMES Innovation PARTNERSHIP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NETWORKS RESEARCH CAPACITY CASE STUDIES BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

Universities and Knowledge-based Development in sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing University-Firm Interaction in Nigeria, Uganda and South Africa

Research on the changing role of universities in firm learning, innovation and national economic
development has not extended systematically to low income countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on an
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Saturday, January 2, 2010 - 00:00
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Pathways to resilience in semi-arid economies

Rather than starting with complex climate change projections, this research begins by identifying the decisions people need to make now about investment choices and development options for semi-arid regions, which are often economically marginaliz
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2015
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Adaptation at scale in semi-arid regions

Working with stakeholders from Botswana, India, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Namibia, and Uganda, the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) research programme is examining the dynamics and drivers of climate change vulnerability, while
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2015
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Climate change DELTAS POLICY MAKING PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE Natural disasters

Systematic review of research on climate change adaptation policy and practice in Africa and South Asia deltas

Recent years have witnessed a rapid increase in scholarship on adaptation to climate change.
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Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 00:00
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COWPEAS LANDRACES DROUGHT RESISTANCE PLANT PROTECTION Biodiversity

Genetic characterization of Malawian cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) landraces: diversity and gene flow among accessions

Cowpea has been cultured from ancient times in Africa and Asia and is now wide spread throughout the tropics and subtropics.Cowpea accessions can be distinguished phenotypically from one another by their growth habit, time to maturity, yield, and
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Thursday, January 2, 2003 - 00:00
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Poverty alleviation FERTILIZERS

Enabling poverty relevance of Azospirillum bio-innovation : lessons from eco-enterprises in Tamil Nadu, India

Poor farmers needs have not been reflected in policies and programs for biofertilizers in Tamil Nadu, a bio-innovation which benefits farmers as well as researchers and manufacturers in terms of cost, environmental safety and sustainability.
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Monday, January 2, 2012 - 05:00
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RURAL ECONOMY Food security

Edible mushroom agriculture in China : bio-innovation, technological dissemination and marketing

The mushroom cultivation has changed from a very small sector in spatially
narrow region to currently the 6th largest agricultural sector in China. It was estimated that
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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BIOFERTILIZERS INNOVATION SYSTEMS

Reflections on the missing actors and institutions : the case of Rhizobium inoculants bio-innovation in Madhya Pradesh, India

Although Rhizobium inoculants were initially hailed as a bio-innovation owing to their successful adoption for soybean production, strategies for capacity building are necessary to strengthen weakened or absent organizations and institutions to co
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00

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